United States v. Farmer

J. BLAINE ANDERSON, District Judge:

The appellant, Steven Scott Farmer, was convicted of failure to report for induction into the Armed Forces in violation of 50 U.S.C.A. § 462(a). Farmer first registered with his local draft board in September of 1969 and was classified 1-A on February 4, 1970. On January 8, 1971, he was ordered to report for a preinduction physical on January 21, 1971. On January 11, 1971, in re-' sponse to the January 8th order, Farmer wrote the following letter to his local board:

“This letter is not an appeal or a request for special consideration. This letter is sent to…